New England Tech eyes prime East Greenwich site
Considering the alternative, East Greenwich Town Manager William Sequino Jr. would prefer to see New England Institute of Technology take over a stretch of...
URI pharmacy dean headed to Iowa
The University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy is losing its leader.
Donald E. Letendre, dean of pharmacy at URI since 2001, has accepted the...
Mass. ranked 5th, R.I. 14th in business costs
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Massachusetts is the fourth most-expensive state in which to do business, with overall expenses 30.6 more higher than the...
RISD grad awarded Cooke scholarship
LANDSDOWNE, Va. - A Rhode Island School of Design graduate has been named one of 34 students selected for what has been called the...
Former DEM chief to oversee B.V. corridor
WOONSOCKET – Former director of the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, Jan Reitsma, has been named executive director of the John H. Chafee Blackstone...
Dept. of Education supports Westbay Adult Ed
WARWICK – Westbay Adult Education Academy announced that it has received a $90,000 grant from the R.I. Department of Education’s office of adult education.
The...
GAO asks for lender controls at U.S. Education Dept.
The U.S. Education Department has no oversight in place to monitor financial arrangements between colleges and lenders and has tried only twice in 20...
What Community Prep can teach other schools
There is an ongoing dialogue in Rhode Island about the quality of our public schools and especially the schools in our urban corridor. Can...
Brown sees opportunities in Lifespan, CNE merger
The proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England would aid an ambitious campaign at Brown University to increase the prestige of its medical...
OSHA seeks $39,000 in fines from Mass. firm
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced last Tuesday that it is proposing an additional $39,200 in fines against...










